AP Calculus BC

2002 Free-Response Questions

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2002 AP CALCULUS BC FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS

CALCULUS BC
SECTION II, Part A
Time45 minutes
Number of problems3
A graphing calculator is required for some problems or parts of problems.

05

05

1. Let f and g be the functions given by f x = e x and g x = ln x.

(a) Find the area of the region enclosed by the graphs of f and g between x =

1
and x = 1.
2

(b) Find the volume of the solid generated when the region enclosed by the graphs of f and g between x =
and x = 1 is revolved about the line y = 4.

05

1
2

05 05

(c) Let h be the function given by h x = f x - g x . Find the absolute minimum value of h( x ) on the
1
1
closed interval x 1, and find the absolute maximum value of h( x ) on the closed interval x 1.
2
2
Show the analysis that leads to your answers.

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2. The rate at which people enter an amusement park on a given day is modeled by the function E defined by
E (t ) =

3t

15600
.
- 24t + 160

The rate at which people leave the same amusement park on the same day is modeled by the function L
defined by
L( t ) =

05

05

3t

9890
.
- 38t + 370

Both E t and L t are measured in people per hour and time t is measured in hours after midnight. These
functions are valid for 9 t 23, the hours during which the park is open. At time t = 9, there are no people
in the park.
(a) How many people have entered the park by 5:00 P.M. (t = 17)? Round your answer to the nearest whole
number.
(b) The price of admission to the park is $15 until 5:00 P.M. ( t = 17 ). After 5:00 P.M., the price of admission to
the park is $11. How many dollars are collected from admissions to the park on the given day? Round your
answer to the nearest whole number.
(c) Let H (t ) =

I0
t

E ( x ) - L( x ) dx for 9 t 23. The value of H (17) to the nearest whole number is 3725.

Find the value of H (17), and explain the meaning of H (17) and H (17) in the context of the amusement
park.
(d) At what time t, for 9 t 23, does the model predict that the number of people in the park is a maximum?

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3. The figure above shows the path traveled by a roller coaster car over the time interval 0 t 18 seconds. The
position of the car at time t seconds can be modeled parametrically by
x(t ) = 10t + 4 sin t
y(t ) = (20 - t )(1 - cos t ),
where x and y are measured in meters. The derivatives of these functions are given by
x (t ) = 10 + 4 cos t
y (t ) = (20 - t ) sin t + cos t - 1.
(a) Find the slope of the path at time t = 2. Show the computations that lead to your answer.

(b) Find the acceleration vector of the car at the time when the cars horizontal position is x = 140.
(c) Find the time t at which the car is at its maximum height, and find the speed, in m/sec, of the car at this
time.

(d) For 0 < t < 18, there are two times at which the car is at ground level y = 0 . Find these two times and
write an expression that gives the average speed, in m/sec, of the car between these two times. Do not
evaluate the expression.

END OF PART A OF SECTION II

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2002 AP CALCULUS BC FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS

CALCULUS BC
SECTION II, Part B
Time45 minutes
Number of problems3
No calculator is allowed for these problems.

4. The graph of the function f shown above consists of two line segments. Let g be the function given by

05

g x =

05

f t dt .

(a) Find g ( -1), g ( -1), and g ( -1).

0 5
(c) For what values of x in the open interval 0 -2, 25 is the graph of g concave down? Explain your reasoning.

(b) For what values of x in the open interval -2, 2 is g increasing? Explain your reasoning.
(d) On the axes provided, sketch the graph of g on the closed interval -2, 2 .
(Note: The axes are provided in the pink test booklet only.)

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5. Consider the differential equation

dy
= 2 y - 4 x.
dx

0 5

(a) The slope field for the given differential equation is provided. Sketch the solution curve that passes through
the point 0, 1 and sketch the solution curve that passes through the point 0, - 1 .
(Note: Use the slope field provided in the pink test booklet.)

(b) Let f be the function that satisfies the given differential equation with the initial condition f ( 0) = 1.
Use Eulers method, starting at x = 0 with a step size of 0.1, to approximate f 0.2 . Show the work
that leads to your answer.

0 5

(c) Find the value of b for which y = 2 x + b is a solution to the given differential equation. Justify your
answer.
(d) Let g be the function that satisfies the given differential equation with the initial condition g (0) = 0.
Does the graph of g have a local extremum at the point 0, 0 ? If so, is the point a local maximum
or a local minimum? Justify your answer.

0 5

6. The Maclaurin series for the function f is given by

f ( x) =

n=0

(2 x ) n + 1
(2 x ) n + 1
16 x 4
4x 2
8x 3
= 2x +
+
+
+L+
+L
n +1
n+1
2
3
4

on its interval of convergence.

(a) Find the interval of convergence of the Maclaurin series for f. Justify your answer.
(b) Find the first four terms and the general term for the Maclaurin series for f ( x ).

 13 .

(c) Use the Maclaurin series you found in part (b) to find the value of f -

END OF EXAMINATION
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